CVE-2010-4535
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · Improper input validation
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The password reset functionality in django.contrib.auth in Django before 1.1.3, 1.2.x before 1.2.4, and 1.3.x before 1.3 beta 1 does not validate the length of a string representing a base36 timestamp, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a URL that specifies a large base36 integer.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/15032 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://code.djangoproject.com/changeset/15032Patch
- http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2010/dec/22/security/Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/23/4Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42715Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053041.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053072.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42827
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42913